gavage

\ɡa.vaʒ\

/\ɡa.vaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“gavage” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,676. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,676
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de faire ingurgiter un grand excès d’aliments à des animaux ou des humains, soit par force soit par incitation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gavage · gavage · French

gavage · rank #49,676 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,676
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Garrido

Nearest frequency peer: Garrido (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « gavage »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « gavage » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gavage vs gave
67% similar
gavage vs glaçage
71% similar
gavage vs gage
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gavage
PropertyValue
Headwordgavage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡa.vaʒ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#49,676
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gavage »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.gavagese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Garrido » (#49,675), « gargouille » (#49,674), « Gilberto » (#49,678). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gavage » est au #49,676. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around gavage (IPA \ɡa.vaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,676 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for gavage, with forms such as "agvage", "gaavge", and "gavaeg". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "gave", "glaçage", "gage", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is gavage, spelled G-A-V-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de faire ingurgiter un grand excès d’aliments à des animaux ou des humains, soit par force soit par incitation.
  2. 2
    Gavage des oies ou des canards pour produire du foie gras.
  3. 3
    Introduction d’aliments dans l’estomac à l’aide d’un tube, en vue de suralimenter certains malades ou d’alimenter ceux qu’un dégoût insurmontable, des vomissements incessants ou certaines formes de démence privent de toute nourriture.
  4. 4
    Abus d’informations de mauvaise qualité, ou destinées à manipuler l’esprit ou la conscience de ceux qui en sont destinataires.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how gavage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le gavage des palmipèdes permet d’obtenir le foie gras, mets extrêmement prisé des gourmets.

Synonyms

lavage de cerveau

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agvage
  • gaavge
  • gavaeg
  • gavagge
  • gavgae
  • gavvage
  • ggavage
  • gvaage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gavage - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

agvage2gaavge2gavaeg2gavagge1gavgae2gavvage1ggavage1gvaage2
Edit distance from "gavage"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gavage"?
"gavage" is spelled G-A-V-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡa.vaʒ\.
What does "gavage" mean?
As a noun, "gavage" means: Action de faire ingurgiter un grand excès d’aliments à des animaux ou des humains, soit par force soit par incitation.
What words are commonly confused with "gavage"?
"gavage" is commonly confused with "gave", "glaçage", "gage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gavage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gavage" is \ɡa.vaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gavage" come from?
"gavage" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gavage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fétide#49,669Graeme#49,684fronce#49,665Gruber#49,691

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Garrido8 variantsgorilla8 variantsillegal8 variantsdèche8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list